Qujlting-frame



UNITED ISTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MCGEE, OF EUREKATON, TENNESSEE.

QUlLTlNG-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,133, datedSeptember 15, 1885.

Application filed September 27, 1884. (No model.) l

.To all whom. it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JOHN H. MCGEE, ofEurekaton, Haywood county, Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames, ofwhich the following is a specification.v

The object of my invention is to produce a quilting-frame which shall be very simple in structure, and yet possess the lcapability of beingreadily put together, taken apart, and adj usted according to therequirementsof the work to be done. y

I am aware that quilting-frames capable of being adjusted vertically andextended laterally or transversely have been known before my invention.My frame. however, involves certain improvements in structure result-ingin greater simplicity and convenience of operation.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my frame, and Fig 2 adetail view of one corner thereof.

The standards or legs A of the frame are preferably provided withcasters, and are tied together near their lower ends by a brace, a.Their upper ends are forked or bifurcated, as clearly shown in thedrawings, for `the reception of the tenoned ends of the cross-bars B.The bifurcated ends of the standards are provided with a vertical seriesof holes, b, for the insertion of thumb-bolts b, which pass through thecross-bars B, and firmly secure the crossbars and standards together.

The rollers C, carrying the material being` worked upon, as clearlyshown in the drawings, have their bearings at c c' inthe crossbars B.They may be secured in the crossbars in any suitable Way to prevent themfrom being drawn out of place. In Fig. l they are held in place bywashers or plates c, fastened by screws on the ends, which projectthrough the crosspieces.

Each roller is provided at one end with a ratchet, D, in which asuitable gravity-pawl, d, engages. When these pawls are in engagementwith the ratchets, the rollers are held against revolution, so that thematerial between the rollers may freely be worked upon. The pawls mayreadily be thrown out of engagement with the ratehets and the rollersrotated to carry the material from one roller to the other.

The frame thus described may be adj usted vertically, as is plain, bymeans of the series of holes b and bolts b. The manner Vof con neetingit together is so simple that the frame may without any difficultyWhatever be taken apart and put together by any one whenever desired. p

In Fig.2 l have shown a somewhat different construction of part of theframe-that is to say, instead of having any means of securing therollers C in the cross-pieces B, they are mounted loosely therein, andthe parts are held against separation by braces E, which are secured tothe standards at any suitable point,

.and are connected to annular collars E,whieh embrace the rollers C, andare provided with setpins f, which enter apertures inthe rollers.

lt is obvious that with this construction the ends of theframe will beprevented from drawing apart; and when the machine is'so made theratchets and pawls may be dispensed with, if desired, because a suitablenumber of holes can be providedin the rolls,

so that they can be held against rotation by the pins f. l

In order to hold the material taut and smooth, l provide my framewithelastic strain devices G,which consist of elastic cords ortapcs orcoiled springs suitably secured to the crossbars in any convenient way.'These tapes are provided with spring clamping-jaws g-sneh, for instance,as are used in ordinary sleevesupporters, which grasp the material andhold it tirmly.

l claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially` as setforth, of the bifurcated standards having a series of apertures throughtheir bifurcated ends. the tenoned cross-bars, the thumb-bolts, and thecloth-rollers journaled in the crossbars. y

2. vThe combination of thebifurcated standards, the cross-bars, therollers, the collars which embrace the rollers, the braces which extendfrom said collars to the standards, and

the collar-pin locking the rollers and collars together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

J. H. MGGEE.

Witnesses: i W. H. CHRIsTIE, Z..G. NoLEN.

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